Chapter 229: Terapagos And Ho-oh
In fact, when the Qu Family was constructing the black market back then, they didn’t consider earthquakes or external invasions at all. What they considered was entirely how to prevent people inside the auction from grabbing things and running away directly.
Anyone with a functioning brain wouldn’t think of attacking the black market at the start of the trade convention, let alone an earthquake?
A Heavenly King Level Ground Type Pokémon could stop a medium-sized earthquake; it was simply not something that needed consideration.
The designers of the Deep Blue Black Market would never have imagined that the black market they designed would one day be personally attacked by Ho-Oh.
What virtue or ability do they have!
Thus, the seventh-floor auction house became a massive cage.
“What do we do? Should we just smash the auction house and escape?”
This idea almost simultaneously popped up in everyone’s minds.
After all, the people inside didn’t know what kind of existence was attacking the auction house from outside.
Just as hearts wavered in the auction house, the ceiling cracked open.
Like an egg being cut in half right down the middle by someone, the auction house was forcibly sliced into two halves by Ho-Oh using Psychic.
Ho-Oh stared fixedly at the two Eevee inside the cage.
Leaving the other one aside for now, the Pokémon with Fire and Water Dual Attribute inside that one definitely carried the bloodline of Suicune and the Flame Emperor.
With the origin polluted, the choices now before Ho-Oh were only two.
Either directly purify the polluted Life Origin of the Eevee with Life Authority, or reshape these two Pokémon with Law Authority, turning the Three Guardians into Five Guardians.
But the consequence would be that It would fall into slumber for a millennium, or even longer.
Even Ho-Oh couldn’t create two new Divine Beasts out of thin air; after all, everything has a price, and even Deities can’t avoid it.
But the problem was that It had already selected the Rainbow Hero; in this epoch, It could not rest.
“Sigh~”
A sigh like that of a compassionate mother echoed in everyone’s hearts.
Ho-Oh ultimately made its choice.
The crowd inside the auction house looked up at Ho-Oh in the sky with full terror.
What virtue or ability does this Qu Family have to actually draw Ho-Oh’s wrath?
Some people were complaining this in their hearts.
But more perceptive people knew the purpose of Ho-Oh’s arrival here.
Surely it was for those two Eevee?
Yao Yi sighed inwardly.
If only Ho-Oh had come a bit later; Yao Yi looked greedily at the Eevee with Fairy Attribute.
That was potential above even that of a Deity.
But now that Ho-Oh had come, the future of these two Eevee was no longer theirs to decide.
Gentle radiance enveloped the two Eevee, and Ho-Oh ultimately chose to purify their Life Origin.
After all, It could not slumber in this epoch.
“This is perhaps destiny!”
Ho-Oh, grasping part of Fate Authority, already had arrangements in mind for these two Eevee.
The Rainbow Hero doesn’t even have an Eevee by his side? That’s not Rainbow Hero-like at all.
Everyone held their breath, staring fixedly at the Eevee enveloped in white radiance.
Some smart people had already released their own Pokémon.
Especially those Trainers with Fire Attribute and Flying Attribute ones, who wished they could press their Pokémon’s heads right onto the two Eevee.
Yao Yifei excitedly said to the Pokémon beside her: “Watch carefully! Learn well! See how a Deity releases a skill.”
“Tropius, look clearly! The Way of Life is within it.” Lu Li softly reminded.
Lu Li, with the Immortal Eye open, knew all too well what a massive opportunity this was.
Facing the Origin of Laws of the Life System directly—this was an opportunity ordinary Pokémon couldn’t see in several lifetimes.
“Life Dew……can be used like this?” Tropius’s eyes were full of longing.
If this ability could be used for planting trees……
Ho-Oh: “???”
Ho-Oh looked at Tropius in confusion.
I’m releasing Life Dew here, and you comprehended Grass System Law?
Out of curiosity, Ho-Oh used its telepathy ability to explore Tropius’s mind world.
Hardworking planting trees, turning the entire world into a Trainer’s orchard, giving higher quality fruit trees……
Ho-Oh was stunned.
Why is this Pokémon’s head full of thoughts about planting trees? And even thinking about eating its own produce.
“But the Harvest ability can actually be used like this?” Ho-Oh thought it had seen it all.
Wait.
Ho-Oh suddenly noticed the key point.
Ho-Oh suddenly stared fixedly at Lu Li.
To be precise, at the necklace around Lu Li’s neck.
“Terapagos!!!” Ho-Oh almost cried out.
At that moment, a small crystal turtle entered Ho-Oh’s mind world.
“Ho-Oh, long time no see.” Terapagos greeted amiably.
Ho-Oh nodded: “Terapagos, long time no see.”
Among the authorities grasped by Terapagos was Fate—this overlapped with Its own authority, but the two were actually not in a competitive relationship.
Because the more authorities one grasps, the more burdens one bears.
If possible, They even hoped for more Deities to be born to share the authorities; take Fate as an example—the more Divine Beasts grasping Fate Authority, the stronger the Law of Destiny.
This was like a joint-stock company: 10% of ten million versus 1% of a hundred billion—normal people know which to choose.
“Why are you……” Ho-Oh looked puzzled at Terapagos, who was only in its initial form.
Terapagos explained somewhat awkwardly: “I made some small mistakes while exploring the Path of Destiny.”
“Wait.”
Ho-Oh’s facial expression suddenly changed, then It asked seriously and sternly: “The recent chaos in destiny wasn’t caused by you, was it?”
As a Divine Beast that also grasped Fate Authority, Ho-Oh knew all too well how chaotic the River of Destiny had been lately; if the previous River of Destiny was a river, then the current one was a pot of mush—both future and past stirred into a complete mess.
Terapagos nodded somewhat awkwardly, then righteously retorted: “This is destiny’s inevitability!”
“Those two nannies said a new Divine Beast was born from the Time Law? And it carries Power of Destiny? Also your doing?”
Terapagos: “This is destiny’s inevitability.”
Ho-Oh: “The recent extra secret realms…”
Terapagos: “This is destiny’s inevitability.”
Ho-Oh: “Arceus missing…”
Terapagos: “That’s destiny……ah, pfft! Has nothing to do with me.”
Terapagos hurriedly shook its head in denial; it couldn’t shoulder this black pot.
Ho-Oh was just teasing; after all, Arceus’s disappearance couldn’t possibly relate to Terapagos.
Why was It so certain? Because Terapagos wasn’t worthy.
“So now you’re copying me, starting to pick representatives?” Ho-Oh asked in return.
“You could say that; after all, it’s destiny’s inevitability.” Terapagos nodded.
A soul from other worlds, a power system from other worlds, an existence beyond destiny—this was simply too perfect as Its representative.
Terapagos raised its chin, proudly boasting: “Let me tell you, the person I chose will surely overturn this world’s destiny in the future!”
“Your eyesight isn’t great; his heart has little love for Pokémon, but is instead obsessed with eternal life.” Ho-Oh scoffed with a lip curl.
Even though there was some power inside Lu Li that It couldn’t see through, It saw through Lu Li’s inner pursuit at a glance.
“No, you haven’t seen thoroughly enough.” Terapagos shook its head meaningfully.
What Its chosen one pursued was far more than just longevity!
“Alright, back to business—what do you want from me?” Ho-Oh asked.
Terapagos said fawningly: “Those two Eevee…”
Ho-Oh: “???”
Now that I’ve healed them, you come asking for them? You were here all along before—why didn’t you act?
Ho-Oh was just about to object when it heard Terapagos say: “Don’t worry, I only want that Psychic and Dark Attribute Pokémon.”
“Dark Attribute? Not Fairy…”
Ho-Oh paused here, then reacted and nodded in realization: “No wonder that Eevee felt off.”
“But how did humans find Them while They were slumbering?” Ho-Oh wondered inwardly.
“I want to give these two Eevee to the Rainbow Hero.” Ho-Oh still refused.
Terapagos smiled slyly: “Are you sure? Why not check those two little ones’ destinies?”
Ho-Oh narrowed its eyes upon hearing this, then observed the two now-normalized Eevee.
Moments later, Ho-Oh looked deeply at Terapagos, then sincerely praised: “On the Path of Destiny, you’ve gone farther than all Pokémon.”
“This is also thanks to that little guy.” Terapagos glanced at Lu Li’s mind world.
“Hard to imagine such a human could be born in this world; I agree to your terms.”
After speaking, Ho-Oh exited the mind world.
With the Life Origin pollution resolved, Ho-Oh used Psychic to lift the two Eevee; they turned into streamers and flew off in different directions.
After doing all this, Ho-Oh glanced disgustedly at the crowd in the auction house.
Humans!
Truly something Deities both love and hate!
Ultimately, Ho-Oh didn’t vent its anger and dissatisfaction on these bystanders; It didn’t even want to look at these mortals again.
“Child, remember! Pokémon are never just power.” A voice rang in Li Zhi’s heart, and a streamer fell into Li Zhi’s arms.
The comatose Water Fire Eevee lay quietly in Li Zhi’s arms.
Ho-Oh said: “Youth, treat your Pokémon well.”
“Holy crap!”
After seeing the Water Fire Eevee in Li Zhi’s arms, Qu Gang couldn’t help swearing.
Is this the value of a Divine Envoy?
A Pokémon worth 10 billion plus eight Pokémon Secret Treasures just fell into his hands fresh and juicy; worst of all, this guy did nothing, paid nothing!
Qu Gang was so jealous his face twisted.
No……
Qu Gang suddenly snapped awake.
Weren’t there two Eevee? Where’s the other one?
Meanwhile, the other Eevee that turned into a streamer ultimately landed in Lu Li’s arms.
Lu Li: “???”
Lu Li looked at the little one in his arms somewhat at a loss.
This gift is way too big!
Yao Yifei and Yu Lili watched this scene in confusion.
Yu Lili didn’t know this Pokémon’s origins, so she was just very surprised, but Yao Yifei beside her was different.
She knew full well what this Starry Sprite represented.
Qualification above Master level! A one-of-a-kind dual-attribute Eevee, just fell fresh and juicy into Lu Li’s arms.
As a die-hard Eevee Fan, even though it was Lu Li, Yao Yifei couldn’t help feeling jealous at this moment.
After doing all this, Ho-Oh spread its wings and left.
Though Ho-Oh’s descent was utterly shocking, It actually didn’t stay long; front to back, less than 10 minutes total.
“Hm? Why did the attributes change?” Lu Li looked confused at the Pokémon in his arms.
Shouldn’t the Starry Sprite be Psychic and Fairy Attribute? How did it become Psychic and Dark Attribute?
Did Ho-Oh swap the Eevee, or is this Eevee not the one auctioned as the Starry Sprite?
While Lu Li was puzzled, Yao Yifei’s facial expression suddenly changed, and she hurriedly reminded: “Bad news, we need to leave here quickly.”
Lu Li also reacted.
This Starry Sprite was a hot potato, especially for someone as weak as him.
Without daring to hesitate, Lu Li quickly jumped onto Tropius’s back.
“Tropius, let’s leave here first.” Lu Li hurriedly urged.
Yao Yifei also pulled Yu Lili onto her Flying Pokémon’s back; after all, she couldn’t just abandon Yu Lili at a time like this.
Not long after these two left, breaking-air sounds continuously appeared on-site.
“Gone?” Yao Yi muttered with an extremely ugly facial expression.
A expressionless girl looked around with confusion in her eyes, whispering inwardly: “It should clearly be this direction.”
Yao Yi chuckled lightly: “Cao Mengling, looks like we arrived late.”
Cao Mengling just gave him a cold look, then vanished silently from the spot.
“But those two Eevee actually drew Ho-Oh to act personally; I’m quite curious about his seller.” Yao Yi muttered to itself.
“Whatever, let’s leave here first.” Yao Yi also left similarly.
Not long after Yao Yi left, more people continuously appeared nearby.
…………
Coming back to his senses, Li Zhi excitedly asked: “Xiao Gang, do you know what attributes this Eevee has? It seems like Lord Ho-Oh personally gave it to me.”
Qu Gang, face twisted from jealousy, gritted his teeth and explained: “Water Fire Eevee, a newly born Pokémon with Water and Fire dual attributes.”
“This Pokémon has very high talent; you absolutely must not waste his talent.” Qu Gang reminded jealously.
Li Zhi, full of vigor, excitedly declared loudly: “Of course! I will definitely take him to become a Pokémon Master together!”
Qu Gang: “…”
As a relatively quiet person, Qu Gang had always struggled to tune into Li Zhi’s hot-blooded wavelength, so he could only shake his head helplessly on the side.
“Let’s leave here first; things are about to get chaotic here soon.” Qu Gang reminded helplessly.
Li Zhi nodded too; he was just a bit naive, not stupid, and knew staying longer might bring trouble.
…………
Flying in the sky, Ho-Oh thought pleasantly: “Snatching things from my hands isn’t that easy; consider this my test for you.”
It deliberately didn’t block the sounds from Lu Li’s side; on one hand to let Lu Li draw fire for Li Zhi, on the other to retaliate against Terapagos and test Lu Li.
